John Carpenter would love to make a Dead Space film

Also admits to stupidly buying Aliens: Colonial Marines.

John Carpenter, the man behind horror classics Halloween, The Thing and The Fog, has said EA's Dead Space franchise is ready made for a movie adaptation and he'd love to make it.

"You know it's great," Carpenter told Game Informer in relation to the Dead Space franchise. "The first game was more - I guess it was like Alien - but not quite. It was a little different than that.

"I maintain that Dead Space would just make a great movie because you have these people coming onto an abandoned, shut-down space ship and they have to start it up and something's on board. It's just great stuff.

"I would love to make Dead Space [into a film], I'll tell you that right now. That one is ready-made."

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Please no. Which of his movies have made money? Even his cult hits didn't make much money and weren't very well made either. The Thing is a great piece of nostalgia, but that's pretty much about it. I'd rather someone with true sci-fi credentials make it.

Given the similarity of the necromorphs to his original Thing, this would just be The Thing in space. And while Carpenter's version is one of my favourite films, what made it great was the tension and paranoia. That just wouldn't be present in a Dead Space flick;

"Hey best buddy, are you secretly a necromorph looking to kill us all?"

Technically it would be Dead Space is a game made from Event Horizon....Since the movie was around long before the game.

I love John Carpenter and all, he's made some great flicks, but no just no...Doesn't need to have a movie...Although Carpenter should be allowed to way before they even considered letting Paul "can't write" Anderson anywhere near it